Jeffrey Joel wrote:
>
> >I think any voice type can teach any voice type
> Maybe, maybe not. In theory any voice type can teach any other one. But
> my first voice teacher (a woman) classified me as a low bass (even though
> I could sing high Cs) and had me singing things like Sarastro's arias a
> third lower than written. She nearly destroyed my voice completely, and
> I didn't have a choice of teachers.
One wrong woman (or poor woman voice teacher) does not an entire gender make -
or even
most. I'm sure male teachers have as much capacity to "destroy" (or be wrong
about) a
voice of the same or opposite sex, as a female teacher does. Same with
teachers of piano
or another musical instrument. My adult cousin had a piano teacher who told
her it was OK
for her arms to hurt after every time she practiced - I convinced my cousin to
find a
teacher who could teach her in a way that didn't hurt - because my cousin
thought there
was something wrong with her rather than her teacher! Me - I had sense enough
to stop
playing when it hurt, even before I found a teacher who taught me to play
without its
hurting.
Peggy
--
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
mailto:peggyh@i...
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